Friday, April 20, 2007

there's Carson Street runnin' through the yardand I'm a bad boy, 'cause I don't give a shit about them steelersI'm a bad boy because I peed on my terrible towelFreeeeeeeeefallinnnnnngg(Tiff could write this better)

We are all free falling, but if you think we are going anywhere you're on angel dust.Way too much going.But times are tough.....................................................................

In the aforementioned game five Buffalo was up 4-1 cruising.But Ted Nolan rallied the troops, leaving us to wonder what if the Pens played like that.Nevermind.Isles Down 4-3 here comes Satan down on Ryan Miller.

Not much to see in this game anyway.All Marty Brodeur all the time.Yahoo's NHL Photos= sick

The game ended with a words between coaching staffs.New Jersey leads the series 3-2.

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Great game in Nashville tonight.Too bad everyone was at a Hank Williams Jr. concert.

For everyone that was their they saw Barry Trotz finally getting eaten by the sharks.Disappointing end for Nashville.

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Little house cleaning:

We will be here every day/night for the rest of our lives. So don't be strangers. We are going to start recapping other games until the playoffs end, maybe tv shows, and maybe the nightly news to stay sharp.

Two minutes left to go in the newscast, is their any other anchor you'd rather have in the chair then Ken Rice.He makes David Johnson look like a freshman journalism major.

Playoff brackets will be posted this weekend

Photoshops are always in play, its a long off season so stay sharp.

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Some interesting notes from SI.com about the Pens.If this didn't say "Fred Shero" it would have been something.Come on SI.com.Wow.Make no mistake though if the Pens get Ryan Smyth.This is Smythblog next year.

Who are the other Pens players, besides Gary Roberts, that are at the end of their contract?

It was a great season for these young guys. My vote for the Pens MVP would have been John LeClair. If he hadn't hurt Malkin in the pre-season, Staal wouldn't have had a chance to show us he belonged here.

Even though I think that Therriean should get serious consideration for coach of the year, I don't think that he played his best guys in the last few weeks of the season or in the 5 playoff games. I think that Recchi should have been scratched several times to play Ekman, Thorburn, or Petrovicky. Did you see Petro join the PCP line in Game 4! Why scratch him in Game 5? George sure didn't look like he belonged out there. Why not play Naserdine? He had the best plus/minus on the team. I'm sorry to say but in the end, Mark Eaton looked terrible.

Here is my wish list for adding talent for 07/08: At least 1 really good face-off guy (right-handed is preferred). Two punishing defensemen with some hockey sense (prefer 1 be right-handed). A backup goalie that is decent and makes half of Thibault's salary because MAF will be playing at least 60 games per season.

Last couple of things. Who remembers bio-rhythms from the 1980's? Ottawa is good, but come on! They were unbelievable at always being in the right place at the right time to block a shot or break up a pass. These guys were all peaking on the same cycle like sorority sisters! I'll be surprised if they can keep that level of play up against the Devils or Rangers in Round 2. I want 2 teams to be in the finals that have never won the Cup before. I'm thinking that it might be Buffalo versus San Jose.

The Steelers rule. Why do you guys bash them all the time? You live in Pittsburgh don't you? They won the superbowl coming in as the lowest seed. Not to mention, they're from the Burgh. So what the hell?

anonymous 4/21/2007 1:58 AM, Leclair as MVP was funny when Guy Junker wrote an article about it. But you did bring back a good point. Crazy how the stars line up sometimes, huh?I don't really mind anymore about people bashing the Bucs and Steelers, as long as they make valid points. But as far as moaning about the Steelers getting so much coverage in the local media, on Post-Gazette.com's website the day after the series ending loss, on of their top five most emailed stories was Alan Faneca not reporting to voluntary mini-camp. Not one story about the Pens was in that top five, at least when I looked. So yeah, Pittsburgh is a drinking city with a football problem. Who gives a shit.

And about that SI.com rumor article about us possibly getting Ryan Smyth? As our Scottish friends would say...fat fookin' chance. I'd rather see us get a couple of mid-range guys than one big ticket free agent. However, in Ray Shero we trust...

letang will be nice, but it's hard to count on young defensemen. we all remeber how bad whit looked at times the past few years. plus, isn't he more of an offensive d-man anyway? that would be more of the same (except for the righthanded shot)

flames got absolutely dominated in detroit but won both games at home. why you ask? because all of there fans wore red and that makes for one intimidating venue. Can't help but wonder what might of been if the pens management organized the blackout.

The Petty song reminded me of something (not that its of much relevance now) but is anyone here a Dropkick Murphys fan? They have a great hockey song called 'Time to Go'. I encourage you to look up the lyrics to it. It would be a great song to put in the blog for opening night next season. The song is originally for the Bruins, but with a few modifications it becomes a pens song. (Rancourt is the b's anthem singer so substitute jimmerson in there and change 'causeway' to 'parkway' and i think youve got a solid pens anthem)

Sorry not to give you guys a shout out until now...I have been in Austin Texas without internet access since last Thursday.

Awesome blog...best hockey blog, period. It's been a fantastic year. You guys gave me somewhere to vent when we lost, celebrate when we won, and an excuse to bust open Photoshop and kill time in-between games. I'm most definitely hanging around during the off-season.

As everyone said we just like poking fun at the Steelers and this town blah blah blah.Huge draft coming up, due to the Pens I have no idea whats going on.I heard the steelers got a new coach?hahahaha jkWe love all our sports team.

i saw colby and jeff reed and greg warren (long snapper) at dinner last night. colby wasnt nearly as big as a i thought hed be although he nose was just what it looks like on tv he seemed real chill tho jeff read was hitting on some about 19 yr olds and bought 4 of their dinners the girl he was with did not seem all that happy hah